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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>58272</law_id><section_number>59.1-466</section_number><catch_line>Exceptions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="38">Virginia Music Licensing Fees Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>This chapter shall not apply to <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> between <span class="dictionary">copyright owners</span> or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to <span class="dictionary">contracts</span> with cable operators, programmers or other transmission services. Nor shall this chapter apply to musical works performed in synchronization with an audio/visual film or tape, or to the gathering of information for determination of compliance with or activities related to the enforcement of Chapter 3.1 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="&quot;Owner&quot; defined" href="/59.1-41.1/">59.1-41.1</a> et seq.) of Title 59.1.</p></section></text><history>1995, c. 648.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
